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Sew?

From Dame Milisent de Lilley

Cut Work Embroidery by Oenone Cave

Samplers from The Victoria and Albert Museum by Claire Brown and Jennifer Wearden

The Embroider Story by Thomasina Beck

A Stitch Out of Time by Timothy Mitchell

The New Carolingian Modelbook by Ianthe de Averoigne

The V & A Museums Textile Collection - Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750 by Donald King and Santina Levy

Classic Needlework by Imogen Stewart with practical instructions by Sally Saunders

An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools by Gay Ann Rogers

http://www.dragonbear.com/sample1.html

http://costume.dm.net/blackwork/

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Blackwork

Blackwork by Mary Gostelow

The Art of English Blackwork by Jane D. Zimmerman

Blackwork Embroidery by Elisabeth Geddes and Moyra McNeill

Whitework-Techniques and 188 Designs by Carter Houke

Non-Primary Sources

Celtic Cross Stitch Samplers by Angela Wainwright

Medieval Cross Stitch Samplers by Angela Wainwright

Authentic Turkish Designs by Azade Akar

From Dame Serene of Umbria

 http://www.vam.ac.uk/index.html